For my year, I chose the Back Street Boys. They are a pop-focused international boy band that was discover around the year 1995. They released this song in 1996, the year I was born. I like this song because it's very up beat. This reminds me of when I was little in my uncle's home videos and I was danced to their whole album and then ran out of breath and sat down. This song is like a nice up beat party type song. Back Street Boys are known for that and I want to expand reader's choice of music for the "oldies" music and what the songs were like back then.
Song:
- Lyrics: "Get Down (You're The One For Me)" You're the one for me You're my ecstasy You're the one I need Hey, yeah [Chorus:] Get down Get down And move it all around [x2] Hey baby love I need a girl like yoBut tell me if you feel it too I'm in delusion every minute every hour My heart is crying out for you [Bridge:] I feel in heaven when I look in your eyes I know that you are the one for me (one for me) You drive me crazy cuz You're one of a kind I want your lovin' And I want it right now [Chorus (2x)] [Refrain:] Ooh baby you're so fine I'm gonna make you mine Your lips they taste so sweet You're the one for me You're my ecstasy You're the one I need Rap: Smooth T. Bang, bang, bang Here we come Here we slam It's the Fun Factory with the BSB's All the girls Get on your knees Tryin' to scream Or touch me please Backstreet Boys Are you with it (yeah) A.J. hit it Come on girl and get down Smack it up Flip it And move it all around Here it is if you wanna get with this Put you on the top of my list, uh [Bridge] [Chorus (2x)] [Refrain][Bridge] Ooh whoa, ooh whoa, ooh whoa Whoa, ooh whoa, ooh whoa Ooh whoa, ooh whoa, ooh whoa Whoa, ooh whoa, ooh whoa, ooh [2x] You're the one for me You're my ecstasy You're the one I need [Chorus (6x)] Bibliography: ""Get Down (You're The One For Me)"." AZ Lyrics. Web. 16 Feb 2011. <http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/backstreetboys/getdownyouretheoneforme.html>. Get Down (You're the One for Me)
- Article : New York Times: Title: Black, Successful and Safe And Gone From Capital Date: July 27th, 1996 Author: Steven A. Holmes and Karen De Witt Summary: Richard White moved to Fort, Washington to get away from the drug and child abuse his old neighborhood had to offer in 1979. His neighborhood was once known as "The Chocolate City" because there were African American people every where, working, walking, and living their lives there. He is now retired and does volunteer work around his neighborhood and ofter wants to go back to his original rootsand live there, his opinion on his south east Washington neighborhood is that is in need of more middle class black people to reclaim the once safe city. But his wife, on the other hand, doesn't agree. An exodus occurred in the 1980's, Columbia's District of Columbia's huge black middle class left the city and moved to the suburbs out of a disillusionment and transplanted ambition, and has been declining rapidly when just 20 years before the black's won their long awaited and dream of a limited self-government. In the 1980's, 11% of the the District of Columbia's black population moved out of the city equaling to 50,000 blacks moving out. During this huge exodus was the increase in white's in the city which rose 8,000 people in the last 20 years. This is an example of a city in America that exhibits race changing while the city's economy is becoming poorer. The middle class are either still their or some have been lured back to their once nice neighbor hood but the population only stands at 554,00, about 65% black, and 32% white. When Sandy Davis moved to the border line of that neighborhood, she wanted no interest in it. Now, as the government, in 1996, tries to quickly fix up the broken city, it's going to take a lot more effort then expect. The city is slowly sliding into bankruptcy under the care of the congress. Education rates are slowly tipping too, with only 46 percent of the Prince George's African American Seniors said they wanted to go to college but thats higher then the white percentage of 41.6 percent. This article talks about how the city is slowly slipping away from the hold of the people and the congress, itself. Also, it shows how easily a city can be forgotten in different points of views. This article mainly focuses on how harsh economic times can affect the outcome of how the government treats the environment with out money and an environment with money.
10: Michael Jackson - Thriller Title/Song: Thriller Date: November 30, 1982 Artist: Michael Jackson Genre: Pop - For ten years apart, I chose my cousin Joanna because she was born in 1984, and that means she is 12 years older than me. The song she likes the most is Michael Jackson - Thriller. She likes this song because whens he was little, not only did her parents play this song to her when she was little and dance with her while this song was playing. We recently pulled out the home video of her dancing to the Michael Jackson's Thriller, Now, when I ask her why she likes this song, she tells me for the sentimental value and the memories it brings back. Joanna looks back and remember about her younger years as a "pop diva", she was into Michael Jackson, Spice Girls, and NSync.
- For the song, I chose: Michael Jackson - Thriller, below.
- Lyrics to the Song: It's close to midnight and something evil's lurking in the dark Under the moonlight, you see a sight that almost stops your heart You try to scream but terror takes the sound before you make it You start to freeze as horror looks you right between the eyes You're paralyzed 'Cause this is thriller, thriller night And no one's gonna save you from the beast about strike You know it's thriller, thriller night You're fighting for your life inside a killer, thriller tonight You hear the door slam and realize there's nowhere left to run You feel the cold hand and wonder if you'll ever see the sun You close your eyes and hope that this is just imagination, girl! But all the while you hear the creature creeping up behind You're out of time 'Cause this is thriller, thriller night There ain't no second chance against the thing with forty eyes, girl Thriller, thriller night You're fighting for your life inside a killer, thriller tonight Night creatures calling, the dead start to walk in their masquerade There's no escaping the jaws of the alien this time (They're open wide) This is the end of your life They're out to get you, there's demons closing in on every side They will possess you unless you change that number on your dial Now is the time for you and I to cuddle close together, yeah All through the night I'll save you from the terror on the screen I'll make you see That this is thriller, thriller night 'Cause I can thrill you more than any ghost would ever dare try Thriller, thriller night So let me hold you tight and share a Killer, diller, chiller, thriller here tonight 'Cause this is thriller, thriller night Girl, I can thrill you more than any ghost would ever dare try Thriller, thriller night So let me hold you tight and share a killer, thriller, ow! (I'm gonna thrill ya tonight) Darkness falls across the land The midnight hour is close at hand Creatures crawl in search of blood To terrorize y'alls neighborhood I'm gonna thrill ya tonight, ooh baby I'm gonna thrill ya tonight, oh darlin' Thriller night, baby, ooh! The foulest stench is in the air The funk of forty thousand years And grizzly ghouls from every tomb Are closing in to seal your doom And though you fight to stay alive Your body starts to shiver For no mere mortal can resist The evil of the thriller
- For the article, I chose: New York Times Article: Travel Advisory; Journeys to Africa and The Amazon Date: October 27, 1985 Author: Lawrence Van Gelder Summary: In the article: "Travel Advisory; Journeys to Africa and The Amazon" by Lawrence Van Gelder, is briefly about mountain gorillas and then the topic swiftly changes to an advertisement view on thing, talking about places and where to go. Lawrence Van Gelder also includes the telephone numbers of those who are abled to be contacted by. The article starts off with the author talking about mountain gorillas that are used in the project created by the "African Tour For Gorilla Watchers". This group allows only twelve people daily come in to watch the mountain gorillas move their habitat. The group that goes in can move with in three feet of the animals while feeding. A sixteen day tour is available for those who are interested but the prices are in the thousands to view the animals and art work dedicated to them. The tour is called "Kenya and Rwanda: Big Game and Mountain Gorillas". After that, the author lists many ways to contact the people connected to the tour and art work. He also lists the prices. In all, the author has found a fun, creative, and formal way to inform readers on this topic on the gorillas and how ads and other things can be incorporated into the article.
20: Love Hangover by Diana Ross Title/ Song: Love Hangover Artist: Diana Ross Date Released: March 16, 1976 Genre: Soul, Disco - For twenty years, I chose my mom, Hong because she was born in 1972, and that means she is 24 years older than me. The song she likes the most is Love Hangover by Diana Ross. Diana Ross, like today, is still an icon of music and her graceful style. My mom picked this song after I suggested it to her because she also believes that Diana Ross is an icon and a famous singer. My aunt has her tapes and CDs from when she first came. Also, my mom chose this song because she sees as everyone does, Diana Ross as an idol of today and back then.
- Lyrics: Ah, if there's a cure for this I don't want it Don't want it If there's a remedy I'll run from it, from it Think about it all the time Never let it out of my mind 'Cause I love you I've got the sweetest hangover I don't wanna get over Sweetest hangover Yeah, I don't wanna get ove) I don't wanna get I don't wanna get...over Ooh, I don't need no cure I don't need no cure I don't need no cure Sweet lovin' Sweet, sweet, sweet, sweet lovin' Sweet, sweet love Sweet, sweet, sweet, sweet love Don't call a doctor Don't call her momma Don't call her preacher No, I don't need it I don't want it Sweet love, I love you Sweet love, need love If there's a cure for this I don't want it I don't want it no If there's a cure for this I don't want it If ther's a cure for this I don't need it Sweet, sweet, sweet, sweet love Sweet, sweet, sweet, sweet love Sweet, sweet, sweet, sweet love Sweet, sweet, sweet, sweet love
Article: Soweto Uprising TItle: 16 June 16, 1976 Student Uprising in Soweto Author: Alistair Boddy-Evans Date: June 16, 1976 Summary: On June 16, 1976, high school students in Soweto started protesting for better education in schools.They did this because of black students in Soweto being against the "Afrikaans Medium Decree" of 1974 which forced all black schools to learn and speak Afrikaan and English language. The police reacted violently to the uprising of the students and used tear gas and real live bullets on the protesters. The uprising in Sweto is now a South African holiday, known as "Youth Day". Twenty three people were killed on the first day. The riots and protests continued until the end of the year and resulted in the deaths of five hundred and fifty six people, mostly Africans. After the riots and protests ended, there was a memorial held at the Hector Pieterson Museum. Many people died during the protest and riots, but the point was proved that students didn't appericate the education and they stood up for them selves, being leaders. The riots were caused because the education was not being focused on so students went to protest to the government about their education rights.
30:"Here, There, Everywhere" by The Beatles Title/Song: Here, There, Everywhere Date: August 5, 1966 Artist: The Beatles Genre: Soft Rock
- For thirty years, I chose my dad, Duc because he was born in 1966, and that means he is exactly thirty years older than me. The song he likes the most is "Here, There, Everywhere" by The Beatles. He likes this song because that's one of the first songs he heard after coming to America and since it was his first, it was his favorite. And this was one of the few english songs in my dad's Chinese genre of music.
Lyrics: To lead a better life I need my love to be here Here, making each day of the year Changing my life with a wave of her hand Nobody can deny that there's something there There, running my hands through her hair Both of us thinking how good it can be Someone is speaking, but she doesn't know he's there [Chorus: x2] I want her everywhere And if she's beside me I know I need never care But to love her is to need her everywhere Knowing that love is to share Each one believing that love never dies Watching her eyes and hoping I'm always there I will be there And everywhere Here, there, every where.
Article for 1966: Title: The Seattle School Boycott of 1966 Artist: Brooke Clark Date: April 1, 1966 Summary: The boycott of April 1st, 1966 was caused by racial segregation in the student's high school. It all started on a Thursday, March 31st, 1966 when thousands of Seattle Public school Students boycotted their schools in the Central District of the African American Community. The African American students felt that they were being discriminated and weren't given a better education because of their skin color. It took years for the protestors, boycotters, and leaders of the African American students to finally grab the attention of the inequities. They offered a number of proposals like the "Triad" program. This program would make sure that blacks and whites could go to school together and to also close some schools that weren't needed anymore. The school board paid no attention to this and so the boycotters, boycotted until they proved their point. The NAACP, the Central Area Committee for Civil Rights,and CORE got involved and boycotted along sides of the students waning to better their education. Approximately 3,000 students, including about 1,000 white and Asian American students, boycotted their regular classes to attend eight Freedom Schools that had been set up in churches and community buildings throughout the Central District. Many volunteered and three of the teachers from the Central District insurted some students at the boycott. After all of this, the Central District created programs on the "Triad" form and the boycotts ended. This shows that education can be change by student protesting and a little help, the government can change their mind on things at keep peace.
Orange Stream
03-01-2011
10-20-30
Me:Get Down (You're the One for Me)
Title of Song: Get Down (You're the One for Me)
Date/year: April 30th, 1996.
Musician: Back Street Boys
Genre: Pop FocusedFor my year, I chose the Back Street Boys. They are a pop-focused international boy band that was discover around the year 1995. They released this song in 1996, the year I was born. I like this song because it's very up beat. This reminds me of when I was little in my uncle's home videos and I was danced to their whole album and then ran out of breath and sat down. This song is like a nice up beat party type song. Back Street Boys are known for that and I want to expand reader's choice of music for the "oldies" music and what the songs were like back then.
Song:
You're the one for me
You're my ecstasy
You're the one I need
Hey, yeah [Chorus:]
Get down
Get down
And move it all around [x2]
Hey baby love I need a girl like yo
I'm in delusion every minute every hour
My heart is crying out for you [Bridge:]
I feel in heaven when I look in your eyes
I know that you are the one for me (one for me)
You drive me crazy cuz
You're one of a kind
I want your lovin'
And I want it right now [Chorus (2x)] [Refrain:]
Ooh baby you're so fine
I'm gonna make you mine
Your lips they taste so sweet
You're the one for me
You're my ecstasy
You're the one I need
Rap: Smooth T.
Bang, bang, bang
Here we come
Here we slam
It's the Fun Factory
with the BSB's
All the girls
Get on your knees
Tryin' to scream
Or touch me please
Backstreet Boys
Are you with it (yeah)
A.J. hit it
Come on girl and get down
Smack it up
Flip it
And move it all around
Here it is if you wanna get with this
Put you on the top of my list, uh
[Bridge] [Chorus (2x)] [Refrain][Bridge]
Ooh whoa, ooh whoa, ooh whoa
Whoa, ooh whoa, ooh whoa
Ooh whoa, ooh whoa, ooh whoa
Whoa, ooh whoa, ooh whoa, ooh [2x]
You're the one for me
You're my ecstasy
You're the one I need [Chorus (6x)]
Bibliography: ""Get Down (You're The One For Me)"." AZ Lyrics. Web. 16 Feb 2011. <http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/backstreetboys/getdownyouretheoneforme.html>.
Get Down (You're the One for Me)
- Article : New York Times:
Title: Black, Successful and Safe And Gone From Capital
Date: July 27th, 1996
Author: Steven A. Holmes and Karen De Witt
Summary:
Richard White moved to Fort, Washington to get away from the drug and child abuse his old neighborhood had to offer in 1979. His neighborhood was once known as "The Chocolate City" because there were African American people every where, working, walking, and living their lives there. He is now retired and does volunteer work
around his neighborhood and ofter wants to go back to his original roots
10: Michael Jackson - Thriller
Title/Song: Thriller
Date: November 30, 1982
Artist: Michael Jackson
Genre: Pop
- For ten years apart, I chose my cousin Joanna because she was born in 1984, and that means she is 12 years older than me. The song she likes the most is Michael Jackson - Thriller. She likes this song because whens he was little, not only did her parents play this song to her when she was little and dance with her while this song was playing. We recently pulled out the home video of her dancing to the Michael Jackson's Thriller, Now, when I ask her why she likes this song, she tells me for the sentimental value and the memories it brings back. Joanna looks back and remember about her younger years as a "pop diva", she was into Michael Jackson, Spice Girls, and NSync.
- For the song, I chose: Michael Jackson - Thriller, below.
- Lyrics to the Song:
It's close to midnight and something evil's lurking in the dark
Under the moonlight, you see a sight that almost stops your heart
You try to scream but terror takes the sound before you make it
You start to freeze as horror looks you right between the eyes
You're paralyzed
'Cause this is thriller, thriller night
And no one's gonna save you from the beast about strike
You know it's thriller, thriller night
You're fighting for your life inside a killer, thriller tonight
You hear the door slam and realize there's nowhere left to run
You feel the cold hand and wonder if you'll ever see the sun
You close your eyes and hope that this is just imagination, girl!
But all the while you hear the creature creeping up behind
You're out of time
'Cause this is thriller, thriller night
There ain't no second chance against the thing with forty eyes, girl
Thriller, thriller night
You're fighting for your life inside a killer, thriller tonight
Night creatures calling, the dead start to walk in their masquerade
There's no escaping the jaws of the alien this time (They're open wide)
This is the end of your life
They're out to get you, there's demons closing in on every side
They will possess you unless you change that number on your dial
Now is the time for you and I to cuddle close together, yeah
All through the night I'll save you from the terror on the screen
I'll make you see
That this is thriller, thriller night
'Cause I can thrill you more than any ghost would ever dare try
Thriller, thriller night
So let me hold you tight and share a
Killer, diller, chiller, thriller here tonight
'Cause this is thriller, thriller night
Girl, I can thrill you more than any ghost would ever dare try
Thriller, thriller night
So let me hold you tight and share a killer, thriller, ow! (I'm gonna thrill ya tonight)
Darkness falls across the land
The midnight hour is close at hand
Creatures crawl in search of blood
To terrorize y'alls neighborhood
I'm gonna thrill ya tonight, ooh baby
I'm gonna thrill ya tonight, oh darlin'
Thriller night, baby, ooh!
The foulest stench is in the air
The funk of forty thousand years
And grizzly ghouls from every tomb
Are closing in to seal your doom
And though you fight to stay alive
Your body starts to shiver
For no mere mortal can resist
The evil of the thriller
- For the article, I chose:
New York Times Article: Travel Advisory; Journeys to Africa and The Amazon
Date: October 27, 1985
Author: Lawrence Van Gelder
Summary:
In the article: "Travel Advisory; Journeys to Africa and The Amazon" by Lawrence Van Gelder, is briefly about mountain gorillas and then the topic swiftly changes to an advertisement view on thing, talking about places and where to go. Lawrence Van Gelder also includes the telephone numbers of those who are abled to be contacted by. The article starts off with the author talking about mountain gorillas that are used in the project created by the "African Tour For Gorilla Watchers". This group allows only twelve people daily come in to watch the mountain gorillas move their habitat. The group that goes in can move with in three feet of the animals while feeding. A sixteen day tour is available for those who are interested but the prices are in the thousands to view the animals and art work dedicated to them. The tour is called "Kenya and Rwanda: Big Game and Mountain Gorillas". After that, the author lists many ways to contact the people connected to the tour and art work. He also lists the prices. In all, the author has found a fun, creative, and formal way to inform readers on this topic on the gorillas and how ads and other things can be incorporated into the article.
20: Love Hangover by Diana Ross
Title/ Song: Love Hangover
Artist: Diana Ross
Date Released: March 16, 1976
Genre: Soul, Disco
- For twenty years, I chose my mom, Hong because she was born in 1972, and that means she is 24 years older than me. The song she likes the most is Love Hangover by Diana Ross. Diana Ross, like today, is still an icon of music and her graceful style. My mom picked this song after I suggested it to her because she also believes that Diana Ross is an icon and a famous singer. My aunt has her tapes and CDs from when she first came. Also, my mom chose this song because she sees as everyone does, Diana Ross as an idol of today and back then.
- Lyrics:
Ah, if there's a cure for this
I don't want it
Don't want it
If there's a remedy
I'll run from it, from it
Think about it all the time
Never let it out of my mind
'Cause I love you
I've got the sweetest hangover
I don't wanna get over
Sweetest hangover
Yeah, I don't wanna get ove)
I don't wanna get
I don't wanna get...over
Ooh, I don't need no cure
I don't need no cure
I don't need no cure
Sweet lovin'
Sweet, sweet, sweet, sweet lovin'
Sweet, sweet love
Sweet, sweet, sweet, sweet love
Don't call a doctor
Don't call her momma
Don't call her preacher
No, I don't need it
I don't want it
Sweet love, I love you
Sweet love, need love
If there's a cure for this
I don't want it
I don't want it no
If there's a cure for this
I don't want it
If ther's a cure for this
I don't need it
Sweet, sweet, sweet, sweet love
Sweet, sweet, sweet, sweet love
Sweet, sweet, sweet, sweet love
Sweet, sweet, sweet, sweet love
Article: Soweto Uprising
TItle: 16 June 16, 1976 Student Uprising in Soweto
Author: Alistair Boddy-Evans
Date: June 16, 1976
Summary:
On June 16, 1976, high school students in Soweto started protesting for better education in schools.They did this because of black students in Soweto being against the "Afrikaans Medium Decree" of 1974 which forced all black schools to learn and speak Afrikaan and English language. The police reacted violently to the uprising of the students and used tear gas and real live bullets on the protesters. The uprising in Sweto is now a South African holiday, known as "Youth Day". Twenty three people were killed on the first day. The riots and protests continued until the end of the year and resulted in the deaths of five hundred and fifty six people, mostly Africans. After the riots and protests ended, there was a memorial held at the Hector Pieterson Museum. Many people died during the protest and riots, but the point was proved that students didn't appericate the education and they stood up for them selves, being leaders. The riots were caused because the education was not being focused on so students went to protest to the government about their education rights.
30:"Here, There, Everywhere" by The Beatles
Title/Song: Here, There, Everywhere
Date: August 5, 1966
Artist: The Beatles
Genre: Soft Rock
- For thirty years, I chose my dad, Duc because he was born in 1966, and that means he is exactly thirty years older than me. The song he likes the most is "Here, There, Everywhere" by The Beatles. He likes this song because that's one of the first songs he heard after coming to America and since it was his first, it was his favorite. And this was one of the few english songs in my dad's Chinese genre of music.
Lyrics:
To lead a better life
I need my love to be here
Here, making each day of the year
Changing my life with a wave of her hand
Nobody can deny that there's something there
There, running my hands through her hair
Both of us thinking how good it can be
Someone is speaking, but she doesn't know he's there
[Chorus: x2]
I want her everywhere
And if she's beside me I know I need never care
But to love her is to need her everywhere
Knowing that love is to share
Each one believing that love never dies
Watching her eyes and hoping I'm always there
I will be there
And everywhere
Here, there, every where.
Article for 1966:
Title: The Seattle School Boycott of 1966
Artist: Brooke Clark
Date: April 1, 1966
Summary:
The boycott of April 1st, 1966 was caused by racial segregation in the student's high school. It all started on a Thursday, March 31st, 1966 when thousands of Seattle Public school Students boycotted their schools in the Central District of the African American Community. The African American students felt that they were being discriminated and weren't given a better education because of their skin color. It took years for the protestors, boycotters, and leaders of the African American students to finally grab the attention of the inequities. They offered a number of proposals like the "Triad" program. This program would make sure that blacks and whites could go to school together and to also close some schools that weren't needed anymore. The school board paid no attention to this and so the boycotters, boycotted until they proved their point. The NAACP, the Central Area Committee for Civil Rights,and CORE got involved and boycotted along sides of the students waning to better their education. Approximately 3,000 students, including about 1,000 white and Asian American students, boycotted their regular classes to attend eight Freedom Schools that had been set up in churches and community buildings throughout the Central District. Many volunteered and three of the teachers from the Central District insurted some students at the boycott. After all of this, the Central District created programs on the "Triad" form and the boycotts ended. This shows that education can be change by student protesting and a little help, the government can change their mind on things at keep peace.
Interview:
Interview for 10-20-30 with Bach Tong